Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-25
KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR
\ Woman of Vigorous fousfitution
My.seriousIy Afflicted with the Dread

My.seriously AFFLICTED with the Dread
Disease.
81 LOUIS, October ga well-dedned case OF
Daaprosy has been discovered IN thls city by DR..
ann-Durnesnl. the famous authority on skin
Res, The patient, Eliza Creighton, Is a small
m Of brunette complexion and vigorous con-
Son. Her husband Il labOring man, and is
edaIta She has had two children, a boy and a
yfrl she was married at nineteen, and year
later the disease manifested itself and began 70
csu-, her great discomfort. Large and various
coiOred blO:cbes appeared on the skin of her face
hands feet arms and ankles, burning anditchlny'
She was then engaged N homework with a family
uvin., on DAYTON street Out she became so nj that
AFTER trying number Of simpl' remedies for skin
eruptlonS she had TO quit her pOsitOn and STAY at
her home on Cas- avenue For the next four years
sne consumed various physicians ami received
tFatne Nv HNal 'arh, uu. was never TOD what the
dis-s-e was nor benented- Tn spots OF irritation
grew steadily, continually Involving more surface.
The constitutional effects varied. Sometimes she
ret herself WI enough TO work and an 81, but
most % the tim she remained at home. Her bOy
did 81 diphtheria- and her girl was born healthy,
and with no trace OF the disease from which the
mother was suffering. This child has since grown
In The axe OF five years, and has Yet shown no
sign that she has Inherited the dis 'ase
THE DISEASE DETERNISED.
Mrs Creighton was rapidly growing worse, and
was beginning to spend most OF her time in bed,
when DIR. ohmanD-Dumesnl heard of the case
through the husband. and became Interested
enough In 10 10 take ~ In his charge He had been
visiting the patient only few DAYS when he dag
rcdoubied his attention and treated the woman for
leprOsy. He found then that the disease had De-
come 80 FAR advanced that a was possible 20 note
many OF the symptoms which are insep1raDle
from it, and are found In no other pathological
case The nerves mad entirely lost their sensitive
ness In the parts affected, which had assumed q
condition OF anaesfhesia. The flesh was n>enslbie
10 pain The woman frequently, In attending 10
her household duties. burned her hands ABOUT me
kitchen, and did not know ft until she saw the
blister. needlc could be driven into the nesn OF
her lace and she would not know IL. The patches
or flesh involved IN the lepTOsy assumed scaOS
which peeled on at the touch.
"Tbe case Is not of special interest 10 PHYSICIANS
because II 4 leprOsy- said DR.. Ohmann- Damesnll,
'but because II Il the first or the disease That
has ever been known In Missouri and IN ST Louis.
Leprosy before this has been discovered only
among the Chinese OF san Francisco and New
York, the NOrwegfanS Of the Northwestern states
and TerritOris and the Louisiana negroes. All OF
this has been imported into this country. don't
know how this woman got the disease. She Is
American for two generations; has we'd all OF her
life In this country, and most Of II IN ST Louis she
came here originally from Mississippi cannot
ind that she has ever come into cOntsct with lep-
rosy In any pace where she has been. The case
Involves no danger 10 the public health as ieprOsy
l. not contagious"